Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
